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...aura, enchantment and excitement of the medieval festivities descends upon the city and is intensified by fervent local rivalry...
...Hampshire's Democrats, the choice was more complicated, and the results in a way more interesting. Former California Governor Jerry Brown, usually enveloped in an aura of indignation, did not profit from the prevailing anger. A different contrarian principle worked in favor of Paul Tsongas. The former Massachusetts Senator, survivor of lymphoma, preacher of no-nonsense, progrowth, probusiness ("You can't have employment and despise employers -- no goose, no golden eggs"), came away with 33% of the vote. His importance was symbolic as well as substantive: Tsongas possesses a power of glamourlessness, a nerdy, basset-hound anti-image that gives...
...from keepers of the flame. Spectators in Albertville have been cheering for the newcomer sports, in part because several French competitors have been medalists or contenders. But elsewhere, TV viewers have been granted only modest exposure and minimal instruction. What they have been most likely to sense is an aura of novelty and rebellion...
...well as the previous puncture made by Gennifer Flowers. He has enough money and organizational support, especially in his native South, to remain a force at least through Super Tuesday on March 10. But even if he could start a comeback, he would not soon -- if ever -- regain the aura of inevitability he enjoyed in January...
...Priest=Aura is a mediocre effort from a band whose greatest work may be behind it. At its best, The Church combines interesting lyrics, a radio-ready melody and a dreaminess. At its worst, it sounds like U2 slogging through molasses, without catchy riffs and athletic vocal performances...